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Hold up your gold with an oyster.
Here they are.
Challenging the four time defending champions Connor and Aiden here.
Team 7-0-Heaven straight from the North Coast Journal.
They've been training.
Incorrect.
You've not been trained.
I just got a bad heart this morning.
You did?
So you've not done competitive eating before?
No, I've never done anything.
Have you ever shucked an oyster?
Yeah.
You're the shucker, you know.
Yeah.
You're the swallower?
Big time.
Now, just to...
It's because they're already selling beer.
They're eating things into what you say.
Okay.
I can open a beer.
You can open a...
Yeah, well that's legal.
Okay.
Now just to let you in on a little bit of the back story here.
There are some side betting going on.
If Team 7-0-Heaven does not finish last, Andy Powell shaves his mustache right here.
If Team 7-0-Heaven finishes in the top three, in the top three, he also loses the 1973 Mutton Chops.
Whoa.
And if we win, we'll shave his head.
So what happened to you guys last?
I think an angry shave of his head is an irony.
Yeah?
All right.
Take your place.
No pressure.
Connor and Aiden.
Where are Connor and Aiden?
Let's hear it for the defending champions.
Four-time defending champions.
Yeah, you ready?
I'm fired up, guys, let's eat some oysters.
How did you get ready for this this morning?
I ate about 20 dozen this morning over at the Shuck Shack.
And how much time?
Don't forget it.
You gonna be able to keep up with him?
No, he's too much of a big man.
Well, but you're the Shucker.
Yeah, I know, but I can't outpace him.
Well, it's gonna...
Your record, though, is about one every five seconds, as I recall, right?
We'll see.
All right.
Okay.
And there's just one thing missing today, and it was our great competitor from last year.
He passed away recently.
Candyman, I'm eating for him today.
Now, if you guys do not win, what happens to this?
We'll give them away.
Yeah!
Okay.
It's not an option.
We're not going to...
All right.
Somebody else may be walking away with the gold oysters.
Where is...
Oh, there they are.
The Bad Mother Shuckers from Blue Lake Casino.
The Bad Mother Shuckers.
Shucker.
Hello.
We're gonna...
I want that...
I want the sweatsuit.
You're Michael?
Yes, I am.
That's Big James.
Big James is a chef, also.
Are you shucking or swallowing?
Oh, I like to swallow.
Have you guys been training?
We have been training.
We just had four shots of Jager and Everett's.
We're ready to go.
There you go.
That's all you need, really, isn't it?
Okay.
Big James, you know you got a big challenge here, huh?
Four-time defending champions you're taking on.
We got it.
We got it.
Doing this for Blue Lake?
We're doing this for my mom.
Mom would be proud seeing you eat 48 oysters in three minutes at 1030 in the morning,
wouldn't you?
I'd say about 50 points.
All right.
Okay.
Good luck.
We got two more teams.
Where are they?
So we can get started.
Okay.
Let's go.
Your team.
The Walrus and the Carpenter.
Who's the Walrus?
We are collectively the Walrus and the Carpenter.
And we have from the way of prize.
Kind of the zen of competitive eating.
That's right.
Okay.
Your name?
Ezra.
And?
Zach.
Zach.
Who's who?
I'm Shrek of the Day.
With that?
That's what I'm going to talk about.
Okay.
All right.
You guys were in this last year or two times?
Two times.
How did you do?
You know, we didn't do as well as we should have.
This year we're taking it down.
As I recall, it was close, wasn't it?
Hardly.
We're like only two or three oysters away.
Six.
Six.
You going to make that up this year?
Absolutely.
We even practice them.
How?
I practice all year round at work.
Oh, there you go.
All right.
Good luck.
One more team.
There they are.
And ladies and gentlemen, we have saved the last team.
This is the first female contestant ever
in the Shuck and Swallow contest.
This is Heather.
Say hello to Heather, everybody.
The name of your team?
I'm going to get you, Shucka.
Now, and who is this?
My name is Sean Paul.
Right, and who's doing what today?
I'm swallowing.
Yeah, which means you're Shucka.
Yeah, I'm right.
Have you been training?
Finally.
Finally, yeah.
Just starting out here, throwing a little out,
something different in the mix.
You know you're trying to bust through a glass ceiling here
at Shuck and Swallow, right?
No matter what, we're leaving a legacy here.
There you go.
There you go.
Have you ever, have you liked this?
Absolutely.
Have you done competitive eating before?
No.
All right, well, good luck to you.
Let's hear it for Heather.
Good luck.
All right, you guys tell me when you're ready.
Are the timers ready?
So while they're getting situated, what you're looking at
is 48 oysters, four dozen oysters.
Big James getting ready with a little bit of beer there
from the bad mother Shuckers.
You got time for another sip if you need it, Big James.
Nice hat, by the way.
Ezra, are you ready?
You're ready?
Potter, you ready?
7-11, ready?
Heather, you ready?
All right, Carol Ann, let me know when the timers are ready.
And timers, listen, even after somebody finishes,
keep timing because we're looking for first, second,
third, fourth, and fifth this year, not just the winner.
Let me know.
Each team's got a timer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
We're ready?
OK, everybody, help me count them down.
OK, we're going to count down from five,
and we're going to get them started.
Teams ready?
All right, get your Shucking Knives ready.
Five, four, three, two, one, go!
Yeah!
How's Team 7-to-Heaven doing with the A1 Steak Sauce?
Yeah, where are you, Potter?
How many we got?
Oh, look at the bad mother Shuckers from Blue Lake going through them like nobody's business.
How's Heather doing with the swallowing over there?
All right.
We may have a female winner today.
Look at that.
See, they stayed above the fray.
No trash talking from them.
Everybody was worried about them.
Potter and Aiden still doing it.
Oh, yeah, look at them.
That's about one every few seconds there.
Look at that.
They got to get through 48, and they got to keep them down.
You throw them up, we subtract them.
However many we can count after all that.
Oh, yeah, Heather's drinking that hot sauce.
Yeah.
Chasing those oysters with habanero sauce.
Do that again.
There you go.
Yeah.
Ezra, how you doing, man?
Pour them all out there.
Get going.
Keep going.
They're getting a little potty over here, Potter and Aiden.
They're just taking their time playing to the crowd.
It's about three dozen right there.
Come on, bad mother-shuckers.
Yeah.
Big James got it all over his face.
Yeah.
Yeah, look up at us, James.
Chase that with some beer.
Yeah.
There you go.
There you go.
Potter and Aiden think they're so far ahead,
they can just play to the crowd.
Come on, guys.
How you doing, Seven to Heaven?
Yeah.
You keeping them down?
Yeah.
You throwing up yet?
All right.
You know there's a bucket there for you.
How you doing, Zach?
Get that thing open.
Pop it open there.
There you go.
There you go.
Put that thing down, Ezra.
There you go.
Just put a bunch of them in.
Yeah.
They're done.
No, one bucket gone.
Is that Potter and Aiden?
One bucket gone.
Big James, they got a bucket done over here.
How you doing?
You got a bucket done, Heather?
Whoa.
Yeah.
Heather's right on your heels, Potter.
Heather's on your heels.
She's going to take that gold oyster off of you.
Chase it with some more habanero sauce.
Go.
Yeah.
There you go.
Beat these guys, Heather.
You got it.
Go.
Bad Mother Shuckers.
They're through one.
Yeah, you're doing good.
Come on, James.
Put them away, baby.
There you go.
Chase it with some beer.
Last oyster, last oyster right here.
Oh, oh, oh.
Keep going, keep going.
Don't stop.
Keep going.
Keep going.
Keep going.
Keep going.
You got it, guys.
You got it, guys.
You got it.
You got it.
Keep going and you can either finish up or you just stop.
Help them out.
Keep going.
Keep going.
Keep going.
We're looking for the second, third, fourth, and fifth place.
There you go.
Come on, Jimmy.
Jimmy.
Jimmy.
Yeah.
You got it.
You got it.
How you doing, Heather?
Third place still available.
Come on now.
Let's go, Big James.
Take home third place for Blue Lake.
Heaven in Heaven, you can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
Oh.
I think we have to subtract a couple from seven.
I don't think the A1 steak sauce is working for you, man.
You should have gone with the habanero sauce like Heather.
Oh, yeah, that's all right.
It's all right.
If you finish last, the razor blade is sharp.
It's going to be fine.
You can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
You can't finish last.
The razor blade is sharp.
It's going to be fine.
Come on.
All right, where are we over here?
Let's go, buddy.
Keep going, man.
Keep going.
Come on.
Come on, Andrew.
While we're looking for third place over there,
I want to let you know
that there's a new record
Connor and Aiden
four dozen oysters in.
Look at it with me.
Three minutes and 37 seconds.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Somebody who's way better at math
can tell me how many oysters
per five seconds.
I don't know what.
337 for four dozen oysters.
If you're thinking about this
for next year, that's what you have to shoot for.
Congratulations, man.
Let's go, Andrew.
Let's go.
Walleris and the...
Good next.
Keep going, buddy. Keep going.
Second place, hey, Ezra and Zach.
Second place,
three minutes and 57 seconds.
That would have won a couple of years ago.
That would have won a couple of years ago.
They were a little bit...
Good job.
What's happening with third place over here?
How you doing, Big James?
You got it?
Let's go, kids. Let's go.
Big James is out of beer.
Big James is out of beer.
He needs some beer to get through the rest of them.
He needs some beer to get through the rest of them.
You got nothing left there.
How many you got to go?
All right, there you go.
Hey!
Look at that!
Looks like
Heather in third place.
Looks like Heather in third place.
Let's hear it for the first female
contestant
who plays in
third in the Shuck and Suck.
In three minutes. How fast
can you get rid of that?
About three minutes. Another three minutes.
Okay, 48 oysters in a case of beer
and that would be about six minutes and 37 seconds.
We'll see you later on.
Yeah. All right.
Big James, good job, man.
Heather!
Sean Paul!
Is that third place over there? Is that right?
The first female
contestant. Listen!
That is huge! You coming back next year?
You coming back next year?
Yeah? You gonna win it
next year?
You gonna win it? How you doing, Seven of Heaven?
Yeah!
So, Andy's mustache
is safe?
Andy's mutton chops? All right.
Hey, let's all give it
up for the point. What a great contest!
All right.
We look forward to this. Thank you
everybody. Let's hear it for the defending
champions again. We'll see you right here next
year. Music starts in just
a few minutes. Woe and roots!
Let's see him shucking.
We need beer.
Yeah, who's on beer?
Okay.
Stand right here, put some blue gloves on
and hang up Jason. Please.
You're an exception.
That's a great sir.
Actually, yeah.
I'm pretty much
initially blind so I got evicted
but... Jason, what kind of beer?
Bring us a big TBR. Jason, what do you want?
Beer. I'm beer.
Underneath the
cash register on the right.
It's got our information on it.
It's where the kids can...
Look at these ragers.
We got it.
All right, where's the water going?
Up to the cash register.
We got our little shucker, Heather.
Just raising her
in her little summer dress.
Mother shucker! Mother little
shucker over here. Soon to be.
You know the hardest part is
the muscle. Getting that muscle
out. The shucking
is actually pretty easy. The shucking is pretty
easy? Yeah, 10 bucks. Cool.
We got a shucking one on one with Heather
Lewis. And the shucker.
Jab it in there. Jab it in.
You gotta jab and lift.
Ooh, I like your form.
Yeah, yeah, I think they... And you have
to wear special protective clothes.
Yes. Underneath.
Ooh, so you don't stab through and get...
But here's the tough part, that muscle.
My toes.
Oh.
See his business. They live after it.
You did good.
It means it's gonna rain.
Yeah, I know it does.
And then the one around the moon means it's gonna
be sunny.
This is for...
You're welcome.
I know, I see ice.
You should be very impressed.
I'm gonna go get some ice.
I'm gonna go get some ice.
You guys are off the hook, though.
All day.
You guys got the double rainbow?
You guys see that? Yeah.
Double rainbow? What?
Double rainbow?
Is that like more gay?
It's super... It's double gay.
That's extra gay.
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
It means it's gonna fucking rain tomorrow.
I told you. You know that too.
Yeah, I tried preaching it. Nobody believes me.
But if it's around the moon, it means it's gonna be clear.
But not that many, huh? Matt!
No.
I guess they want to jam it with you.
Look at him here.
No more TVR. We're out.
I told you, don't interview us.
Interesting.
Woo!
Good job, Josh.
And then last, but certainly not least, best of show.
Goat test sushi spot.
Woo!
That's Eric Stark is the chef.
And that was a sesame ginger with fresh orange, green onions.
And yuzu tobiko.
That was raw.
Our tasters liked the raw best.
I'd have to say.
They got the highest scores.
So congratulations, all you winners, for 2011.
And then coming up, we have Cliff and Amy.
And Kay Humm gives an award to the best non-oister.
Thanks, Susan. Actually, we give three awards.
We have our favorite cooked oyster, our favorite raw oyster, and our favorite non-oister.
And that is for all four of our radio stations.
So it's Kay Humm, Kay Slick, The Point, and KXGO.
And I gotta say, chefs, you made it really hard for us this year.
Yeah, they have definitely upped it a lot.
Being a judge this year was a wonderful thing.
For our fellow judges, we thank you for making such wonderful oysters this year.
But we're gonna give our prize for favorite non-oister first.
We had a couple things to choose from this year.
It was not easy, but will the folks from Calhoun's Barbecue come on up?
We liked your wings the best.
Oh yeah.
The smoke shack.
Wow!
So we tasted something a little unique in that sauce. Was it a coriander?
That's a little bit of everything, man. But mainly it's a little bit of love. That's all. That's all.
We tasted the love. A very good non-oister for Calhoun's.
Okay, next goes to our favorite, cooked oyster.
Now, we are also part of the official judging, but we are split off from them.
Basically, the reason that Calhoun and all our stations have our own separate awards is years ago it started as a ploy for us to get free oysters.
Now we're actually part of the festival.
But we still love giving our own special awards.
And our favorite cooked oyster goes to...
The sushi spot for their sesame ginger.
Oh no, that's a different one. Hang on a second. It goes to the sushi spot.
It was the one with the lemon, garlic aioli, and the caviar. Oh god, everybody loved it so much.
Sushi spot.
Did they leave before they got their other awards? Go get them.
And while we're waiting for them, oh here she comes.
And it's a good thing you brought two people because you also win our favorite raw oyster.
And that was for your oyster shooter with the orange that everybody loved and made it best at the festival.
So congratulations, sushi spot.
Alright, any words you'd like to say?
Actually, I'll say.
Okay.
Thank you so much everyone for your support.
So your two oysters, your cooked and your raw, were so completely different. How did you get inspired?
This is one of our chefs, but my husband's the one that... Come on up Eric.
He went back to the booth.
I didn't make that one.
Well they were just fabulous. So all of the winners, the official Main Street ones and the K-Hum ones are all amazing.
I strongly suggest you get out there and get some of these oysters and non-oesters while they last because they are absolutely superb.
Congratulations all.
And let's do it again next year.
And don't forget, oyster calling at 3 right here.
2.30.
2.30. Okay, they keep changing the time. 2.30.
That's right. Oyster calling contest sign ups right here, right now.
If you want to be a part of it, come up here and talk to Diana.
She'll sign you up. If you also want to judge, please come up here. We need six or seven judges for the oyster calling contest.
Please.
You tell them.
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